I remember about 5 years ago when I started to “take my time”. And the first thing I did was to write down where the time goes – 8 hours I sleep, 8 hours I’m at work, 2-3 hours logistics to work and the day-to-day stuff on top of that. Then I had 2-3 hours […]
8h of sleep, 8h of work, 8h of personal-which causes depression? Read More »
That’s about how you can sum up the stories of many of the clients I come into contact with and my own story. Everybody’s journey to finding themselves is different in nuances, but most of the time, finding yourself and finding your purpose and good relationships is about doing something. It’s about unlearning different layers
Work, family, hobbies, commitments – it’s all too much. I am lost Read More »
All these phrases like September-every-other-month, new-year-again-again, etc. seem to imply that there should be some kind of major change at the turn of the season. However, this change is very often taken to mean some kind of externally visible change. A large part of organisational change is also related to some visible part (structures, people
Should anything change for the new season? Read More »
What would you do if you are walking down the street and a man comes up to you, covered in many scabby wounds and a dirty plastic bag, who looks more or less clean, but you can tell by the way he looks that he doesn’t seem to be doing too well. This man walked
When you notice that you have changed. Read More »
Time and time again I see situations where people go to comfort someone who is crying, pat them on the head, etc., or completely panic and look for a way to end the conversation quickly. The crying and the not crying are both involved in this frantic behaviour. Emotions are like energy charges in our
What to do if a colleague starts crying? Read More »
We make smaller and bigger choices in our lives every day. Some choices have already been made and we call them habits. Choices can never be made again, because there is never exactly the same situation, but we can always make choices in a new situation. One of the problems of being human is that
Choices out of fear and choices out of faith Read More »
My last few days of struggle – everything is there, but there’s still something missing. I’ve been there before, and I’ve always moved on to the next qualitative level. It has always been supported by a sentence someone has said or a thought they have read. In this case, a conversation with a life partner
Everything is there, but there is still something missing. Read More »
What is sober driver- usually understood to mean a mindful driver on their journey who is aware of their surroundings, adaptable, attentive to the here and now, and not influenced by sensory input. Looking at the world of organisations, we are very often influenced by mind poisons (other people’s stories, emotions, needs, other people’s goals
Sober driver – still so common? Read More »
As a leader, when you think about who your team is, does the team of subordinates and you as their leader come first, or does your leader’s direct reports and you included come first? When a manager identifies with the team of specialists below, it is very difficult to get out of the mindset of
Fake security – a feeling often built in organisations and then dealing with the aftermath, where people are surprised that there is no complete security in their lives. One of the best examples of creating a sense of insecurity is fixed-term employment contracts, where people are surprised when they expire and sometimes lose their heads.
